Community Corner
🌱 How Stony Brook lacrosse turned one golf day into $69,000.
Be sure to catch Stanley Jordan Trio on the Stony Brook Patch calendar
Hey there, Stony Brook! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
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In today's newsletter:
- How Stony Brook lacrosse turned one golf day into $69,000.
- Stony Brook professor earns prestigious fellowship for global conservation work.
- Recent Suffolk drownings include a retired NYPD chief in Stony Brook
Also on today's calendar: Kidtoberfest and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 51.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Stony Brook Men's Lacrosse Celebrates Successful 2026 Golf Classic (stonybrookathletics.com) — Stony Brook men's lacrosse just wrapped up a highly successful Golf Classic at St. George's Golf & Country Club in nearby Setauket, drawing over 150 attendees and raising more than $69,000 for Seawolves lacrosse. Alumni, supporters, and friends enjoyed 18 holes, contests like "Beat the Seawolf," and a new 300 Launch experience, with organizers already inviting you to mark your calendar for the 2027 outing. 
2. Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor Patricia Wright Named a Hagler Fellow for the 2026-27 Class by Texas A&M University (stonybrook.edu) — A Stony Brook University anthropology professor, Patricia Wright, has been named a Hagler Fellow by Texas A&M's Hagler Institute, recognizing her global leadership in biodiversity and primate conservation. Based in Stony Brook, she'll collaborate with Texas A&M faculty and students while continuing work that raises the university's research profile and reinforces its role as a major scientific and economic engine for Long Island.
3. Longtime Gino's Pizza of Babylon manager, 60, drowns in backyard pool (greaterlongisland.com) — A Babylon pizzeria manager drowned in his backyard pool Tuesday, part of a troubling series of recent adult pool deaths across Suffolk County. The story notes that retired NYPD Chief Anthony Izzo also drowned in his Stony Brook backyard pool in August, underscoring safety concerns for local homeowners even after peak swim season ends.
4. Nicholas Boggs receives 2026 Truman Capote Award from UI (uiowa.edu) — A Stony Brook University English and creative writing professor has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism, recognizing his acclaimed biography of James Baldwin. While the ceremony will be held in Iowa, the honor highlights the national literary profile of Stony Brook's faculty and brings added attention to the university's humanities programs.
📸 Around Stony Brook
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Stony Brook
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★ Featured events ★
- Stanley Jordan Trio →
Staller Center For the Arts, 100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook
8:00 pm
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- America on Screen: The Day We Walked on the Moon
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
10:00 am - Kidtoberfest →
Schnitzels, 77 Main St, Stony Brook
10:00 am - In the Moment Art Making Workshop
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
2:00 pm - FILM@LIM: "A New York Minute" Shorts about NYC
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
7:00 pm - Special Screening of "Walk with Frank" with Frank Romeo →
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
1:30 pm - Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim →
The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave, Stony Brook
7:00 pm - Long Island Museum - Halloween Family Fun Day (FREE)! →
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
1:00 pm - Long Island Museum - Halloween Family Fun Day →
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
1:00 pm - Free Halloween Family Fun Day at The Long Island Museum →
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook
1:00 pm - Young at Heart: Strictly Sinatra & His Rat Pack →
The Jazz Loft, 275 Christian Ave, Stony Brook
12:00 pm
Friday October 9
Sunday October 11
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 25
Wednesday November 4
📣 Stony Brook Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Breaking Through: Identifying the Hidden Barriers to Your Success →
Miller Business Center, 101 Eastwood Blvd., Centereach
9:00 am - Celebrate Winnie the Pooh (3 years-PreK with Caregiver) →
Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
10:30 am - Calming Art Club →
Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
2:00 pm - Baby Bop (Birth-17 months with Caregiver) →
Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Rd, Port Jefferson Station
5:30 pm
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
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- I've been searching for a rectangular coffee table and not having much luck surprisingly.
Sometimes I'll see some on facebook marketplace but they're $200+ or the person never responds. Anyone have any recommendations or know where I could… (Nextdoor Stony Brook)
- Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(03601) - 1079 route 25a in Stony Brook. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
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